JK Rowling Blasts Humza Yousaf Over 'Contempt For Women' | Julia Hartley-Brewer

JK Rowling has accused Scotland's Humza Yousaf of showing “absolute contempt for women” over his plans to ensure that trans women are protected by a new anti-misogyny law.

The Harry Potter author said males were set to receive “double protection” as a result of the planned legislation, after the Yousaf said transgender women would fall within its scope.

It comes as a call for controversial new hate crime laws to be repealed is likely to be defeated at Holyrood.

Scottish Tories have put forward a motion calling for the Hate Crime and Public Order Scotland Act – which only came into force on April 1 – to be repealed.

Opponents of the new laws, who include Harry Potter author JK Rowling, fear its impact on freedom of speech, with the Scottish Government also having come under attack for not including women in the new protected groups.

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